Please encourage your female PhD students and postdoctoral fellows to apply
for



"Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position"



A WORKSHOP FOR FEMALE PHDS & POST DOCS



OCTOBER 18 - 20, 2009

Rice University, Houston, TX

Application deadline: August 13, 2009 (THIS THURSDAY!)

Registration begins May 18, 2009.

Applicants selected to participate will be notified by September 4, 2009.



Application materials must be submitted electronically at:

advance.rice.edu/negotiatingtheidealfacultyposition



Airfare, hotel accommodations, and meals provided at no cost to workshop
participants.



This three-day, hands-on workshop will provide information about:

Finding the right institutional fit

Discovering what the search committee is looking for

Standing out in the interview

Negotiating a good start up package

Obtaining funding

Building your lab

Understanding the tenure process

Balancing work and family



For more information, contact:

Julia Amborski

NSF ADVANCE Program Coordinator

jambor@rice.edu

713.348.5870



________________________

K. Jane Grande-Allen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Bioengineering, MS 142

Rice University

PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892

Courier address: 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005

Phone 713-348-3704

Fax 713-348-5877